It’s a time for theatrical marathons. The night after sitting through three and a half hours of the National Theatre’s revival of Man and Superman I found myself at The Coliseum Theatre watching the ENO’s (English National Opera) three hour, forty minutes production of The Indian Queen.
The company has been in the headlines recently as the Arts Council have serious concerns about their finances and many commentators have been questioning whether the huge amount of public funding they receive is value for money.
Chichester Festival Theatre’s five-star revival of the musical Gypsy has announced the full cast due to join the previously announced Imelda Staunton on stage, when the production transfers to the West End in April 2015.
The fact that the stars of this show are mechanically operated puppets does not detract at all from the emotion that you feel here. If anything, I would give this production more praise – making me cry at the obstacles that a horse and his owner overcome is nothing short of incredible!
Another jukebox musical that you sit pleasantly through and then forget when you leave the theatre. The songs are brilliant as expected, but the storyline needs a lot of work for this to compare to others in its category.
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that their new play Oppenheimer will transfer to the West End on the 7 March 2015.